PORTUGAL - 1st Portuguese Islamic Finance Conference & Workshop - July 6th 2012 – Lisbon

Celebrating 100 years of tradition and excellence in serving its members by crossing a new frontier and offering insight into the growing industry of Islamic finance, the British-Portuguese Chamber of Commerce, together with its partner Asian Cooperation Enterprise, is privileged to host the first Portuguese Islamic finance workshop in Lisbon.

Attended by high profile personalities in both conventional and Islamic banking, it is set to become a reference point for the cooperation between the two financial worlds. Dignified by esteemed Sharia specialists, from the world's most prominent and successful Islamic finance institutions, it is aimed at both educating the high level conventional bankers with regard to Islamic finance and facilitating networking between powerful entities in Portugal, the Gulf Cooperation Council and South East Asia. (source)

GERMANY - The IFSB and the European Central Bank jointly organised Workshop on Islamic Finance in Frankfurt, Germany

www.theislamicglobe.com - The Secretary-General of the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB), Jaseem Ahmed noted that progressive transformations in the Islamic financial services industry over the last few decades have led to the industry’s greater integration into the global financial system. “Islamic finance shares with Europe a collective interest in cross-border cooperation, in regional cooperation, and in greater integration with the global economy.” Against the backdrop of the global crisis he further noted that “The expansion in Islamic finance and the changes in the global regulatory environment in recent years underscore the need for strengthened risk management within institutions offering Islamic financial services.(source)

GERMANY - EVENTS - Frankfurt - IFSB Workshop on Islamic Finance (Jan 26, 2012)

Category	:	Awareness Programme
Name	:	[EVE00173] Workshop on Islamic Finance
Description	:	This Workshop is hosted by the European Central Bank and participation in this Workshop is by Invitation only. For more information, please email to Ms. Yazmin Aziz at yazmin@ifsb.org
Start Date	:	26/01/2012	End Date	:	26/01/2012
Venue Name	:	Room CII (36th floor Eurotower), European Central Bank
City	:	Frankfurt
Country	:	GERMANY
Event Website	:	-
Registration	:	program hereunder or visit website IFSB

IRELAND - EVENTS - Workshop Islamic Finance (Dublin - December 6, 2011)

Program Outline   

• Introduction to Islamic finance: Main prohibitions and rules
• Basic financial modes used by Islamic banks
• Hedging products in Islamic finance
• Case study: Sukuk (Islamic bonds) structures and risks
• Islamic funds and asset management
• Islamic structured products
• Takaful (Islamic Insurance)

The Gibson Hotel

Seminar agenda and registration

Website organizer

Event brochure


More info hereunder

UK - EVENTS - WORKSHOP - Islamic Project Financing (Jan 24, 2011)

 A one-day intensive workshop for bankers, corporate financiers, portfolio managers, project developers, lawyers, accountants, consultants and regulators.

Demand for Shari'ah-compliant financing for projects is increasingly an important area of activity in the world of finance. The workshop presented by industry experts will acquaint the participants with:

• How Shari'ah-compliant project financing structures offer a real alternative to conventional ones
• Most popular Shari'ah-compliant structures for project financing
• Issues which may arise in structuring Islamic project financing transactions with the help of case studies
• Role of syndication in Islamic project financing transactions
• Process of Shari'ah compliance certification from Shari'ah supervisory boards

UK - EVENTS - SPEECH - Muhammad: Still Room For Cooperation Between KL And London On Islamic Finance

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 (Bernama) -- There is still room for cooperation between Kuala Lumpur and London on Islamic finance, says Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) deputy governor, Datuk Muhammad Ibrahim.

He said collaboration between financial centres in Islamic finance was an important part of the process that would contribute towards expanding global development of the industry.

"The importance of our relationship has been cemented not long ago with the signing of the memorandum of understanding between BNM and the United Kingdom Trade and Investment," he said in his keynote address at the ISRA-IIBI Second Annual International Thematic Workdshop 2010 in London Monday.